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    depth sounder replacement

    I also have a hand held 3rd transducer to look sideways at any angle all around the boat.
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    Looking for my first boat and dwelling too much on the I/O vs Outboard question...

    If you get a GOOD motor ? Anything is great. Can you do simple maintenance items on a car engine ? A Aluminum hull is what you want at 20 feet + or - . Aluminum hulls SHOULD NOT have wood and foam floors to replace. It will take a while to find a good one. I have always got it right the...
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    S A F E T Y B R I E F I N G

    Alcohol, drugs and lack of sleep. And the boat running on Auto Pilot. What could go wrong.
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    depth sounder replacement

    Faria gauges were terrible quality decades ago. Sounds like they are the same with transducers.
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    1988 Bravo 1 Shift Cone Issues

    The problem can be the TYPE of oil being used now. Cone clutches can be very fussy about the amount of FRICTION the surfaces can have. Do you have the original specified oil to be used ?
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    connecting 2 batteries

    Need pictures of each battery and the battery posts on each one as wired. Size of each battery. 24...27....or other size Need amount of current each rigger pulls. Will you be adding a trolling motor sometime ? How much thrust ?
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    1985 Starcraft porpoising issue. Prop??

    Prop is too high up. Lower the motor a couple of inches. Your prop is sucking in air ? Very lightly loaded boats do that.
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    Recommended wood for trailer bunks?

    Treated wood can have corrosive chemicals that will destroy a Aluminum boat hull. Untreated wood is best. Wrapped with some soft plastic carpet scraps. S S U shaped staples finish up the job.
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    2000 60 HP Johnson cranks fine then cuts off

    Check the engine fuel pump. Does it run longer if you keep squeezing the primer bulb ?
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    Temp gauge reading 210

    You changed TOO MANY parts at once !!!!!! Now you will put back the original parts. Check temperature with $25 Harbor Freight red dot laser gun. See if 200 is still there. Change 1 PART AT A TIME. Then decide who is bad.
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    Boat Recommendations

    6 130# each or a bunch of 220 pounders ?
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    I need help with my Johnson 9.9

    Being a experienced mechanic is frustrating. Been there many times. You have spark. But is it firing at the correct piston position ? Are you sure you have the float adjusted correctly ? Some carburetors are very touchy. I rebuilt a carburetor and it REFUSED to go above a fast idle. I had left...
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    Rusty engine pulleys

    Find the spraying water leak FIRST.
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    1988 Bravo 1 Shift Cone Issues

    Get a price estimate. Before saying ok to a machinist.
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    1980'ish black max 150 losing all power after running for 30 minutes

    You have a lot of items that need checking out somehow. Keep doing 1 at a time. Only change 1 new item at a time and test run the boat on the water. To verify it is good. That way a reject new item is caught first time.
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    Girlie Ads on the Site

    No ads on mine.
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    Water in the Lower Unit

    Marina help causes some of these problems.
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    Spanner wrench

    You might find a METRIC size that is just big enough to slip on it.
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    Motor feels like it is slipping out of gear at high rpm.

    Dealer may have changed motors ? Did not get it right ? 2 people in boat. Driver and person watching the prop water for prop loosing grip on water.
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